M Adryael Tong, Ph.D.
@madryaeltong.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of New Testament and Judaic Studies. HBCU Stan. Theoryhead. Views my own. RT ≠ endorsement.🌹🥢🏳️🌈 #FlyEaglesFly #NotMeUs she/היא
For anyone else deeply confused by RFK’s recent word salad, here’s the explanation.
There is a wellness concept pushed by Casey Means, RFK Jr's choice for Surgeon General, that "mitochondrial dysfunction" is the root cause of chronic and age-related disease. I'm sure that's what RFK refers to, not MELAS syndrome and Leber's optic neuropathy.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Mitochondrial Dysfunction Is a Bit of a Fad
There is a shell game at the heart of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy Again campaign, and it has to do with the mitochondrion. I doubt, though, that RFK Jr, who has been confirmed as Secre...
www.mcgill.ca
August 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
For anyone else deeply confused by RFK’s recent word salad, here’s the explanation.
What’s hilarious about parental expectations that “by 40 you should have it all figured out,” is that, when you reach 40, you realize that not only do YOU not have it all figured out, neither did your parents.
August 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What’s hilarious about parental expectations that “by 40 you should have it all figured out,” is that, when you reach 40, you realize that not only do YOU not have it all figured out, neither did your parents.
Ok the heat is on in my apartment and the a/c in on in the train and y’all nyc weather better make up its mind soon.
March 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ok the heat is on in my apartment and the a/c in on in the train and y’all nyc weather better make up its mind soon.
It’s Spring Break and hands down the most controversial text I’ve taught all semester was Basil’s “Sermon to the Rich”.
March 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It’s Spring Break and hands down the most controversial text I’ve taught all semester was Basil’s “Sermon to the Rich”.
I am so freaking old
March 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I am so freaking old
Gen Z/α skeet: ACAB includes teachers/parents/babysitters
Millennials: *slams 6th espresso martini down on the bar* BRING IT ON! WE’VE GOT NOTHING—no, but actually, we, like, have actually nothing—TO LOSE!!!
Millennials: *slams 6th espresso martini down on the bar* BRING IT ON! WE’VE GOT NOTHING—no, but actually, we, like, have actually nothing—TO LOSE!!!
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March 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Gen Z/α skeet: ACAB includes teachers/parents/babysitters
Millennials: *slams 6th espresso martini down on the bar* BRING IT ON! WE’VE GOT NOTHING—no, but actually, we, like, have actually nothing—TO LOSE!!!
Millennials: *slams 6th espresso martini down on the bar* BRING IT ON! WE’VE GOT NOTHING—no, but actually, we, like, have actually nothing—TO LOSE!!!
I see Bluesky is having a real Malcolm in the Middle moment
Saying “do not comply in advance” to my little brother when he starts brushing his teeth before storytime
March 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I see Bluesky is having a real Malcolm in the Middle moment
Reposted by M Adryael Tong, Ph.D.
Whoever coined the phrase "anti bedtime caucus" for these types really nailed it in one
March 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Whoever coined the phrase "anti bedtime caucus" for these types really nailed it in one
Reposted by M Adryael Tong, Ph.D.
Do “ACAB means teachers” anarchists know that teachers have made all the criticisms of modern school structures that they’re ineffectually referencing, using language that doesn’t make people immediately dismiss anything they have to say forever
March 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Do “ACAB means teachers” anarchists know that teachers have made all the criticisms of modern school structures that they’re ineffectually referencing, using language that doesn’t make people immediately dismiss anything they have to say forever
Is there a reason the Dems can’t just run on FDR’s platform (but without all the racism)?
March 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Is there a reason the Dems can’t just run on FDR’s platform (but without all the racism)?
The unregulated tech industry is ruining literally everything in society.
March 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The unregulated tech industry is ruining literally everything in society.
Reposted by M Adryael Tong, Ph.D.
Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
March 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
For real, everyone I know should be reading The Grapes of Wrath because it’s a novel about right the fuck now and also about what can be done about it.
March 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
For real, everyone I know should be reading The Grapes of Wrath because it’s a novel about right the fuck now and also about what can be done about it.
They. Have. No. Freaking. Money.
March 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
They. Have. No. Freaking. Money.
Yall a 10oz bag of frozen blueberries in nyc is $16
March 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yall a 10oz bag of frozen blueberries in nyc is $16
Your boss has HR.
Your company has lawyers.
Your late capitalist masters want to replace unions with AI.
Your company has lawyers.
Your late capitalist masters want to replace unions with AI.
March 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Your boss has HR.
Your company has lawyers.
Your late capitalist masters want to replace unions with AI.
Your company has lawyers.
Your late capitalist masters want to replace unions with AI.
Anyone else’s pharmacy located in a majority Black/immigrant neighborhood also sold out of diabetic supplies?
February 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Anyone else’s pharmacy located in a majority Black/immigrant neighborhood also sold out of diabetic supplies?
Ancient history/bible/late antiquity nerds, is it possible for a πανδοκεῖον to mean a brothel?
February 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ancient history/bible/late antiquity nerds, is it possible for a πανδοκεῖον to mean a brothel?
0% surprised
I missed this whole thing about a so-called "trad wife" account being a fraud.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
Tradwife account ‘Patriarchy Hannah’ apologizes for lies, says she was ‘not who I presented myself to be’
Ryan Duff, a self-described internet sleuth, published evidence that the person running the account wasn’t who she claimed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
0% surprised
It’s been a while since I taught international students, and all I’ve got to say is that the American educational system sucks.
February 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It’s been a while since I taught international students, and all I’ve got to say is that the American educational system sucks.
One of the most interesting things I’ve noticed in the shift (or schism) in definitions of masculinity in the last 30 years is how Hal, Bryan Cranston’s character in Malcolm in the Middle, would be called a beta simp by a significant number of men on Twitter. And that is absolutely mind blowing.
February 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
One of the most interesting things I’ve noticed in the shift (or schism) in definitions of masculinity in the last 30 years is how Hal, Bryan Cranston’s character in Malcolm in the Middle, would be called a beta simp by a significant number of men on Twitter. And that is absolutely mind blowing.
I just watched a reel where this gen z trumper argued that healthcare can’t be a right because healthcare requires labor and anything that requires labor can’t be a right…
…and I’m pretty sure I heard the blood vessel in my eyeball pop
…and I’m pretty sure I heard the blood vessel in my eyeball pop
February 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I just watched a reel where this gen z trumper argued that healthcare can’t be a right because healthcare requires labor and anything that requires labor can’t be a right…
…and I’m pretty sure I heard the blood vessel in my eyeball pop
…and I’m pretty sure I heard the blood vessel in my eyeball pop
I don’t give 2 shits about the deficit, but I’m pretty sure “reducing government spending” was the literal reason for creating this shit-stain department to begin with.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending
DOGE has so far disrupted everything in government bar the deficit
www.economist.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I don’t give 2 shits about the deficit, but I’m pretty sure “reducing government spending” was the literal reason for creating this shit-stain department to begin with.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
“In the early 2020s, economists and bosses were hopeful that they, and other AI tools, would level the playing field…More recent findings…instead suggest a future in which high-flyers fly still higher—and the rest are left behind.”
GIFT: How AI will divide the best from the rest
econ.st/41frG9R
GIFT: How AI will divide the best from the rest
econ.st/41frG9R
How AI will divide the best from the rest
Optimists hope the technology will be a great equaliser. Instead, it looks likely to widen social divides
econ.st
February 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“In the early 2020s, economists and bosses were hopeful that they, and other AI tools, would level the playing field…More recent findings…instead suggest a future in which high-flyers fly still higher—and the rest are left behind.”
GIFT: How AI will divide the best from the rest
econ.st/41frG9R
GIFT: How AI will divide the best from the rest
econ.st/41frG9R